On 17/April, Singapore shares ended lower on lingering worries about Spain’s debt troubles.

STI ended lower at 2986.59 (0.2%) with regular VOL of 2.12 billion shares traded compared with 2.51 billion shares Monday. In the broader market, losers outnumbered gainers 242 to 143. Today STI undergo weak selling pressure as China showing foreign direct investment fell for the fifth straight month.

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Singapore Exchange Ltd. (S68.SG) 3Q net profit rose 16% to S$77.8 million compared to S$67.0 million a year earlier due to lower costs and higher derivatives revenues.

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A17U.SG) 4Q distribution per unit rose 7% to 3.50 Singapore cents compared with 3.27 cents a year earlier mainly due to contributions from completed projects and newly acquired assets.

Genting Singapore PLC (G13.SG) will sell S$500 million of Singapore-dollar perpetual ...